ZachI dyed my hair purple for #HalifaxPride this weekend! What do y’all think? #gaybear
Kelly's Shenanigans 🇨🇦We had so much fun at Drag Queen Busking on the waterfront in #HalifaxNS, we went to both shows (and made sure to tip well). #HalifaxPride
Global NewsN.S. premier says he was told he’d be ‘lightning rod’ if he walked in Pride parade
Nova Scotia's Premier is defending his absence from this year's Halifax Pride parade, saying he didn't attend because police feared he'd be a "lightning rod" for protesters.
#globalnews #Politics #2SLGBTQ+ #HalifaxPride #TimHouston
https://globalnews.ca/news/10643838/n-s-premier-says-he-was-told-hed-be-lightning-rod-if-he-walked-in-pride-parade/
Nova Scotia's Premier is defending his absence from this year's Halifax Pride parade, saying he didn't attend because police feared he'd be a "lightning rod" for protesters.
#globalnews #Politics #2SLGBTQ+ #HalifaxPride #TimHouston
https://globalnews.ca/news/10643838/n-s-premier-says-he-was-told-hed-be-lightning-rod-if-he-walked-in-pride-parade/
Global News HalifaxN.S. premier says he was told he’d be ‘lightning rod’ if he walked in Pride parade
Nova Scotia's Premier is defending his absence from this year's Halifax Pride parade, saying he didn't attend because police feared he'd be a "lightning rod" for protesters.
#globalnews #Politics #2SLGBTQ+ #HalifaxPride #TimHouston
https://globalnews.ca/news/10643838/n-s-premier-says-he-was-told-hed-be-lightning-rod-if-he-walked-in-pride-parade/
Nova Scotia's Premier is defending his absence from this year's Halifax Pride parade, saying he didn't attend because police feared he'd be a "lightning rod" for protesters.
#globalnews #Politics #2SLGBTQ+ #HalifaxPride #TimHouston
https://globalnews.ca/news/10643838/n-s-premier-says-he-was-told-hed-be-lightning-rod-if-he-walked-in-pride-parade/
The Empty Press“In truth, Ashley MacIsaac wasn’t a particularly prominent figure in the local LGBTQ+ community, but, he dominated headlines in the 90s, because he was, evidently, the only gay person the Canadian media had ever heard of”
Halifax Pride events to include 90s retrospective panel with Ashley MacIsaac's exes - The Empty Press
HALIFAX – As the city prepares to kick off its annual Pride festival, some celebrants are taking a look at the past in the form of a panel discussion that will focus on the events of the 1990s through the eyes of famed fiddler, and Nova Scotia native, Ashley MacIsaac’s early paramours. Panel organisor Steve […]
Donna Whitman@c_9 2 weeks before the parade and whether it or any other official activity will happen is up in the air. Not sure what's happening but it seems to be too late to expect much. #HalifaxPride #WayvesMagazine
Cameron MacLeodHalifax Pride organizing board appears to be entirely in crisis and/or non-existent, again. http://www.wayves.ca/halifax-pride-crisis-2023-01
Oriol SalvadorHopefully in 2023 a completely new initiative is born to create a truly safe space and events to amplify artists and marginalized voices in the 2SLGBTQ+ community, not a platform to gain notoriety among the community, profit and try to work out unresolved past traumas.
Like I said on my resignation letter, I don't have it in me to help create that, full support to those who have the will.
Happy new year, queers!
About #HalifaxPride: I burn that bridge about a year and a half ago now, and it was the best decision I could make. There are too many issues with staff and BOD members, both past and present, to list here, plus there is an NDA so I am not even sure how much I am allowed to share.
But is probably for the better if the Halifax Pride Society dies with 2022.
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JessHFX (they/them)Hi Folks, I am a #queer #nonbinary #minimalist in pursuit of happiness in an urban world while trying not to spill my coffee.
I currently reside in Kjipuktuk (colonially #Halifax, Nova Scotia).
I work as an operations manager for a national non-profit working to slow climate change by bringing zero-emission transit across Canada. I also volunteer as the Vice Chair of #HalifaxPride Board of Directors.
Excited for this new adventure #RIPTwitter